MP Nalin Kumar Kateel need to come out of Modi mania: Amin Mattu
Like-minded people protest against merger of Vijaya Bank
Mangaluru, Jan 3: Condemning the central government’s decision to merge Vijaya Bank, one of the prestigious banks of the Dakshina Kannada district, with Bank of Baroda, like-minded people on Thursday staged a protest in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here.
Addressing the agitators, senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu said that five banks were born in Dakshina Kannada district and neither of them was in loss, nor bankrupt. All the five banks have upheld the values of the land through professionalism and honesty.
Though the central government has merged the Vijaya Bank, established by the farmers under the able leadership of Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty, AB Shetty and KK Shetty with the loss making Bank of Baroda, Lok Sabha Member Nalin Kumar Kateel who should have opposed the move in the Parliament, has kept silent and thus insulted the elders and their efforts, he said.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel should come out of Modi mania and stand for the people of the district. Former prime minister Indira Gandhi had opened the doors of the banks for the poor.
But present Prime Minister Narendra Modi has closed the doors of the banks for the poor. It was unfortunate that former union minister Janardhan Poojary who brought the banks close to the poor through Loan Mela, has not spoken anything about it, he said.
The political leadership of the district was bankrupt. Though the district was being attacked from all corners, the elected representatives have left blind eyes towards the problem. As a result, the voters who elected them have to face the consequences. So, the voters should teach such elected representatives a lesson in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, he appealed.
Former minister B Ramanath Rai, former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty, DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla and social activist MG Hegde spoke on the occasion.
KPCC general secretary PV Mohan, DCC general secretary BA Muhammad Hanief, Advocate Dinesh Hegde Ulippady, Corporator Dayanand Shetty, JDS leaders Muneer Mukkacheri and Lathief Valachil, former taluk panchayat member N.E Muhammad, Youth Congress leaders Lukman Bantwala, Suhail Kandak, Shabbir Siddakatte, CPM leader Yadav Shetty, Samudaya Organisation leaders Vasudev Ucchil, Ullal city municipal council member Muhammad Mukkacheri, DYFI district secretary Santhosh Shetty, Yogish Shetty, Muhammad Musthafa, Aboobakar Bava, Willy Wilson, Madhuri Bolar, Muhammad Salih Maravoor and representatives of various banks BM Madhava, Prakash, Purushottam, Ganesh and others were present.
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UP: Passenger falls to death while spitting 'paan' from moving bus
Sultanpur (UP), Nov 30: A 45-year-old passenger fell to his death from an air-conditioned Uttar Pradesh roadways bus allegedly after he opened its door to spit 'pann' as the vehicle moved through the Purvanchal Expressway here on Saturday, police said.
The incident took place on the 93-km milestone of the expressway around 10.30 am when the bus was en route to Lucknow from Azamgarh.
"As the bus reached near Bihi village in the Baldirai police station area, a passenger opened the door of the moving bus to spit. He lost balance and fell onto the road, resulting in his death. He had opened the door to spit 'paan'," a police official said.
"The bus was stopped immediately, and Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) officials along with the police were informed," the official said.
Baldirai Station House Officer (SHO) Dheeraj Kumar said that UPEIDA personnel rushed the victim to the local Community Health Centre via ambulance, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
"The deceased was identified as Ram Jiavan, a resident of Chinhat area in Lucknow. His wife, Savitri, was also travelling with him on the bus," Kumar said.
He added that the bus has been taken to the police station for further investigation and the body has been sent for post-mortem.
